You got lucky with your saleman. You're expecting them to know what they're talking about? That's setting the bar a little high. People really should just read the manual when they get a new car... No, that's setting the bar even higher, sorry.
When I bought my Prius, the salesman said that "if you're battery is getting low, just pull the transmission lever into B and hold it there. The B stands for Battery!" Of course it's actually the engine braking mode (which may resut in some small battery gain) and doesn't need to be held down, but they just make up whatever to make the sale. Don't reward ignorance. Either exploit it for a discount, or don't buy from them.
If you sell someone a product, you don't get to follow them home and monitor their use of it. If they reverse engineer it, good for them. If they reproduce it, good for them. If they distribute or sell their reproductions, sue them. You can't prevent all your customers from using what they bought just to make sure none of them misuse it.
It's like selling a sandwich and requiring the buyer to agree not to open it to see what it's made of, and then following them home to make sure they don't open it because you're afraid they might learn how to make it themselves and post the recipe online along with *GASP* a picture of the sandwich! It doesn't matter that they told everyone that you made the sandwich, not them. It doesn't matter that this free publicity drew hundreds of new customers to your little sandwich shop. No, you're a paranoid control freak who thinks his sandwich sales will drop because people can get the recipe online, even though there's no evidence supporting this. In fact, you're considering selling the sandwich in locked lucite boxes that only expose the sandwich one bite at a time, and while you're at it, why don't you collect information on sandwich usage, kitchen appliances, travel habits, and social security numbers? All this security is costing so much, the sandwiches that should cost about $2.25 now cost about $19.95.
And now you're wondering why you're being outsold by those unprotected sandwich shops charging $2.25.
From actually visiting their website, you can find the link http://www.zaio.com/PublicInterest/Remove.asp to remove your house from the project. For some reason they require an email address to verify that you are the owner. In what way is an email address linked to a house address?
Attention all Slashdotters, get up out of your mother's basement and tell her to opt out before it's too late!
The Republic of China also operates a small imaging spacecraft that can photograph objects as small as about 10 ft. in size, a capability good enough to count cruise missiles pointed at Taiwan from the Chinese mainland.
Why does China need a satellite to count their own missiles? Talk about unnecessary government spending...
This tree was on public property, meaning it belonged to some public entity such as the city. The kids "admitted they had broken some loose branches because they had wanted to build a tree house." This isn't just playing, they intentionally broke the branches. I haven't proffered an opinion about the reaction by the police, but the damage was intentional. Even though the kids weren't out to vandalize the tree, the result is the same.
Actually, my point was clear that the statements by the kids and parents are trying to downplay the damage done by claiming that they only damaged 'loose' branches. You're right, in your 'Point B' you say in your poetic way that they shouldn't have claimed there were 'loose branches'. Yes, trimming a tree helps it, you're very smart. Do you trim a tree by breaking off the branches, opening wounds for pests, parasites and funguses to enter? Do you trim trees on city land against the city's wishes? This is what the kids were doing. The article implies that this wasn't the only time, either. Everybody's in an uproar about these kids being detained by police, but do you stop to consider what cause the police had? Let me rephrase that, do you stop to consider for more than a second what cause the police had? This was a case of vandalism. Would you care if the kids had smashed cracked windows or graffitied dirty walls? It's the same idea as breaking loose branches.
Is that like loose teeth? In all my years of camping out I've never seen a 'loose' branch. It's either on the tree or off it. Sounds to me like their trying to dilute the kids' actions. It's like saying about a theif that he didn't steal it, it was just kind of sitting there and he grabbed it. Honestly, loose branches?
Of course we all know that you can't have a self sufficient Moonbase(tm) without mining helium for the coming fusion age. Otherwise your lunar newspapers will go on strike and who will tell the masses about the green moon monkeys?
Once you find out you've won, you have 10 minutes to give them your shipping information before you're disqualified. Prizes will be shipped in about 90 days, after verification of eligibility.
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A lot of misunderstanding can be avoided with the proper use of the terms. A hypothesis is "a tentative or working assumption which scientific study has yet to validate." A theory is "a hypothesis or group of hypotheses which have been validated but not to the point of near certainty." Journal of Theoretics
I'd like to respond to all who replied by saying:
- It turns out I misused the word 'theory'. ID and creationism should each be labeled as a 'hypothesis' while evolution, to most scientists, has enough surronding observations (not direct) to be declared a theory. Faith is believing a hypothesis as fact without accepted proof.
- In all the classes I've taken (including through orbital mechanics in grad school), theories are presented as theories, laws are presented as laws, though I don't think we hit on many hypotheses.
Schools shouldn't teach one way or another as fact, as they are all unproven theories. There is scientific evidence supporting one way or another, depending on how you interpret it, and there should, perhaps, be a lecture or elective class on that. I think the main controversy today is that many schools have been passing evolution off as a fact, rather than encouraging further thought and interpretation.
It's not really a 'black hole', more of a 'singularity'. IANAPhysicist, but in my opinion a black hole actually lasts long enough to trap at least one photon (hence the word 'black'). During the 1E-25 seconds this singularity was around, a photon moving at a nice round 3E8 m/s has the opportunity to move about 0.0000003 Angstroms. 1 Angstrom is the width of a hydrogen atom. This kind of makes me wonder how fast the "jets of particles" are moving that are absorbed. Is it more that they just didn't appear when expected so were assumed absorbed?
While pretty much every soda I've seen uses high fructose corn syrup, including Dr. Pepper, the original Dr. Pepper using pure cane sugar is still being sold in certain stores. The most obvious locations being the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco, TX, and the bottling plant in Dublin, TX. Check google for a store carrying this near you. In my opinion, it doesn't taste any different.
Which is worse, dupe or redundant? It never fails, when a duplicate is posted there are numerous duplicate posts about it being a duplicate. I might be willing to understand if there were 300 comments and the previous duplicates were buried below threshold, but when there are 33?
With all the super expensive junk we keep dumping on Mars, it'll take better resolution/techniques to determine what's junk and what's a natural feature worth taking a look at.
I have actually grown to 'bond' more with my computer the longer it continues to work. I've had this old beige G3 desktop for 6 years this month, and many times have tried to replace it with a newer model. The newer ones have all failed eventually, of course I didn't buy them brand new, but the old G3 keeps on chugging. All I've had to do is replace the ROM chip and a hard drive. Regardless of it's speed or lack thereof, it still manages to play Diablo II, and Civilization CTP without a hitch.
So what I'm trying to say is, even as they get older and faster stuff becomes available, it's almost like they're remaining faithful.
These UAVs aren't really that expensive. AeroVironment's first prototype of Helios that broke up in Hawaii (due to conditions at low altitude) cost around 3 million, which is dirt cheap. After production runs start, the cost usually drops considerably.
"taking extremely expensive, highly delicate, slow moving experimental air equipment into a warzone where the enemy posesses missiles is probably a stupid idea."
Helios also flew to 96,863 feet, setting a new world record for any winged flight (the SR-71 flew to 85,068 in 1976). A typical truck fired surface to air missile in Iraq has a maximum effective altitude of 32,808 feet (10,000 meters).
" [It would] cost more than running a cable to the area that couldn't connect to broadband in the first place."
The idea is to provide area coverage. UAVs circle high above a city to provide service to the entire city point to point. Theoretically, you could connect from any point in the city with a signal, rather than having to find a hard line that will give you access. Laying high bandwidth cable all over a large city is extremely expensive.
Maybe unneccessary but cool is having them flying near commercial airline routes overseas to provide data service on those long flights. But would they still charge $12/minute?
With their capability to stay aloft for more than 6 months, their design to carry a large scale telecommunications payload, the high altitude they fly at with the coverage this entails, and the low cost of production, UAV telecommunication platforms are pretty darn efficient and effective.
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So the shot prevents sperm production, causes acne and mood disorders... so it makes you female?
Allergies are not genetic. The predisposition to develop them is.
You got lucky with your saleman. You're expecting them to know what they're talking about? That's setting the bar a little high. People really should just read the manual when they get a new car... No, that's setting the bar even higher, sorry. When I bought my Prius, the salesman said that "if you're battery is getting low, just pull the transmission lever into B and hold it there. The B stands for Battery!" Of course it's actually the engine braking mode (which may resut in some small battery gain) and doesn't need to be held down, but they just make up whatever to make the sale. Don't reward ignorance. Either exploit it for a discount, or don't buy from them.
If you sell someone a product, you don't get to follow them home and monitor their use of it. If they reverse engineer it, good for them. If they reproduce it, good for them. If they distribute or sell their reproductions, sue them. You can't prevent all your customers from using what they bought just to make sure none of them misuse it.
It's like selling a sandwich and requiring the buyer to agree not to open it to see what it's made of, and then following them home to make sure they don't open it because you're afraid they might learn how to make it themselves and post the recipe online along with *GASP* a picture of the sandwich! It doesn't matter that they told everyone that you made the sandwich, not them. It doesn't matter that this free publicity drew hundreds of new customers to your little sandwich shop. No, you're a paranoid control freak who thinks his sandwich sales will drop because people can get the recipe online, even though there's no evidence supporting this. In fact, you're considering selling the sandwich in locked lucite boxes that only expose the sandwich one bite at a time, and while you're at it, why don't you collect information on sandwich usage, kitchen appliances, travel habits, and social security numbers? All this security is costing so much, the sandwiches that should cost about $2.25 now cost about $19.95.
And now you're wondering why you're being outsold by those unprotected sandwich shops charging $2.25.
From actually visiting their website, you can find the link http://www.zaio.com/PublicInterest/Remove.asp to remove your house from the project. For some reason they require an email address to verify that you are the owner. In what way is an email address linked to a house address?
Attention all Slashdotters, get up out of your mother's basement and tell her to opt out before it's too late!
MADtv on You Tube: Mach 20 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F7TMlrDXtw. Of course I'm pretty sure they redid this skit more recently.
This tree was on public property, meaning it belonged to some public entity such as the city. The kids "admitted they had broken some loose branches because they had wanted to build a tree house." This isn't just playing, they intentionally broke the branches. I haven't proffered an opinion about the reaction by the police, but the damage was intentional. Even though the kids weren't out to vandalize the tree, the result is the same.
Actually, my point was clear that the statements by the kids and parents are trying to downplay the damage done by claiming that they only damaged 'loose' branches. You're right, in your 'Point B' you say in your poetic way that they shouldn't have claimed there were 'loose branches'. Yes, trimming a tree helps it, you're very smart. Do you trim a tree by breaking off the branches, opening wounds for pests, parasites and funguses to enter? Do you trim trees on city land against the city's wishes? This is what the kids were doing. The article implies that this wasn't the only time, either. Everybody's in an uproar about these kids being detained by police, but do you stop to consider what cause the police had? Let me rephrase that, do you stop to consider for more than a second what cause the police had? This was a case of vandalism. Would you care if the kids had smashed cracked windows or graffitied dirty walls? It's the same idea as breaking loose branches.
Is that like loose teeth? In all my years of camping out I've never seen a 'loose' branch. It's either on the tree or off it. Sounds to me like their trying to dilute the kids' actions. It's like saying about a theif that he didn't steal it, it was just kind of sitting there and he grabbed it. Honestly, loose branches?
Of course we all know that you can't have a self sufficient Moonbase(tm) without mining helium for the coming fusion age. Otherwise your lunar newspapers will go on strike and who will tell the masses about the green moon monkeys?
Once you find out you've won, you have 10 minutes to give them your shipping information before you're disqualified. Prizes will be shipped in about 90 days, after verification of eligibility. Refer to the Official Rules for more information.
A lot of misunderstanding can be avoided with the proper use of the terms. A hypothesis is "a tentative or working assumption which scientific study has yet to validate." A theory is "a hypothesis or group of hypotheses which have been validated but not to the point of near certainty." Journal of Theoretics
I'd like to respond to all who replied by saying: - It turns out I misused the word 'theory'. ID and creationism should each be labeled as a 'hypothesis' while evolution, to most scientists, has enough surronding observations (not direct) to be declared a theory. Faith is believing a hypothesis as fact without accepted proof. - In all the classes I've taken (including through orbital mechanics in grad school), theories are presented as theories, laws are presented as laws, though I don't think we hit on many hypotheses.
Schools shouldn't teach one way or another as fact, as they are all unproven theories. There is scientific evidence supporting one way or another, depending on how you interpret it, and there should, perhaps, be a lecture or elective class on that. I think the main controversy today is that many schools have been passing evolution off as a fact, rather than encouraging further thought and interpretation.
It's not really a 'black hole', more of a 'singularity'. IANAPhysicist, but in my opinion a black hole actually lasts long enough to trap at least one photon (hence the word 'black'). During the 1E-25 seconds this singularity was around, a photon moving at a nice round 3E8 m/s has the opportunity to move about 0.0000003 Angstroms. 1 Angstrom is the width of a hydrogen atom. This kind of makes me wonder how fast the "jets of particles" are moving that are absorbed. Is it more that they just didn't appear when expected so were assumed absorbed?
While pretty much every soda I've seen uses high fructose corn syrup, including Dr. Pepper, the original Dr. Pepper using pure cane sugar is still being sold in certain stores. The most obvious locations being the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco, TX, and the bottling plant in Dublin, TX. Check google for a store carrying this near you. In my opinion, it doesn't taste any different.
Which is worse, dupe or redundant? It never fails, when a duplicate is posted there are numerous duplicate posts about it being a duplicate. I might be willing to understand if there were 300 comments and the previous duplicates were buried below threshold, but when there are 33?
With all the super expensive junk we keep dumping on Mars, it'll take better resolution/techniques to determine what's junk and what's a natural feature worth taking a look at.
I have actually grown to 'bond' more with my computer the longer it continues to work. I've had this old beige G3 desktop for 6 years this month, and many times have tried to replace it with a newer model. The newer ones have all failed eventually, of course I didn't buy them brand new, but the old G3 keeps on chugging. All I've had to do is replace the ROM chip and a hard drive. Regardless of it's speed or lack thereof, it still manages to play Diablo II, and Civilization CTP without a hitch. So what I'm trying to say is, even as they get older and faster stuff becomes available, it's almost like they're remaining faithful.
Is that why Dell, Gateway, and Compaq computers crap out all of a sudden? And here I thought it was just shoddy merchandise.
These UAVs aren't really that expensive. AeroVironment's first prototype of Helios that broke up in Hawaii (due to conditions at low altitude) cost around 3 million, which is dirt cheap. After production runs start, the cost usually drops considerably.
"taking extremely expensive, highly delicate, slow moving experimental air equipment into a warzone where the enemy posesses missiles is probably a stupid idea."
Helios also flew to 96,863 feet, setting a new world record for any winged flight (the SR-71 flew to 85,068 in 1976). A typical truck fired surface to air missile in Iraq has a maximum effective altitude of 32,808 feet (10,000 meters).
" [It would] cost more than running a cable to the area that couldn't connect to broadband in the first place."
The idea is to provide area coverage. UAVs circle high above a city to provide service to the entire city point to point. Theoretically, you could connect from any point in the city with a signal, rather than having to find a hard line that will give you access. Laying high bandwidth cable all over a large city is extremely expensive.
Maybe unneccessary but cool is having them flying near commercial airline routes overseas to provide data service on those long flights. But would they still charge $12/minute?
With their capability to stay aloft for more than 6 months, their design to carry a large scale telecommunications payload, the high altitude they fly at with the coverage this entails, and the low cost of production, UAV telecommunication platforms are pretty darn efficient and effective.